Editing Fermi problem (section)

==External links==
* The [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]] Physics Education Group maintains a [https://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/fermi/fermi.htm collection of Fermi problems.]
* [https://www.soinc.org/sites/default/files/FermiQuestionsHandout.doc Fermi Questions: A Guide for Teachers, Students, and Event Supervisors] by Lloyd Abrams.
* [https://what-if.xkcd.com/84/ "What if? Paint the Earth"] from the book ''What if? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions'' by [[Randall Munroe]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101111033443/http://www.google.com/base/a/1551686/D2256477437979091778 An example of a Fermi Problem relating to total gasoline consumed by cars since the invention of cars and comparison to the output of the energy released by the sun.]
* [https://nunosempere.com/blog/2022/08/20/fermi-introduction/ "Introduction to Fermi estimates"] by Nuño Sempere, which has a proof sketch of why Fermi-style decompositions produce better estimates.
* [http://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/how-should-mathematics-be-taught-to-non-mathematicians/ "How should mathematics be taught to non-mathematicians?"] by [[Timothy Gowers]].

There are or have been a number of university-level courses devoted to estimation and the solution of Fermi problems.  The materials for these courses are a good source for additional Fermi problem examples and material about solution strategies:
*  [http://mit.edu/6.055/ 6.055J / 2.038J The Art of Approximation in Science and Engineering] taught by [http://mit.edu/sanjoy/www/ Sanjoy Mahajan] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT).
*  [http://www.lions.odu.edu/~lweinste/courses/309s08.html Physics on the Back of an Envelope] taught by Lawrence Weinstein at [[Old Dominion University]].
*  [https://www.its.caltech.edu/~oom/ Order of Magnitude Physics] taught by Sterl Phinney at the [[California Institute of Technology]].
*  [https://websites.pmc.ucsc.edu/~fnimmo/website/eart265.html Order of Magnitude Estimation] taught by Patrick Chuang at the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]].
*  [https://sites.google.com/site/oomtoronto/home/ Order of Magnitude Problem Solving] taught by Linda Strubbe at the [[University of Toronto]].
*  [http://w.astro.berkeley.edu/~echiang/oom/oom.html Order of Magnitude Physics] taught by Eugene Chiang at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].
*  [http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/mmt/frontiers/web/index2.html Chapter 2: Discoveries on the Back of an Envelope] from ''Frontiers of Science: Scientific Habits of Mind'' taught by [[David Helfand]] at [[Columbia University]].

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